Where does “Lebenshaltungskosten” come from?
Lebenshaltungskosten (German) comes from German Lebenshaltung, from German haltung, from German halten, from English halt, from Middle English halt, from Old English healt, from Proto-West Germanic halt, from Proto-Germanic haltaz — to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet.
Lebenshaltungskosten (German): cost of living
Definitions
- cost of living
Ancestry of “Lebenshaltungskosten”, step by step
Lebenshaltungskosten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Lebenshaltung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Lebenshaltung | way of life, lifestyle |
| 2 | German | haltung | posture |
| 3 | German | halten | to hold; to stop; to halt; to hold back; to... |
| 4 | English | halt | To limp; move with a limping gait; To stand in... |
| 5 | Middle English | halt | Limping, lame, crippled |
| 6 | Old English | healt | lame, limping |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | halt | lame, halt |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | haltaz | lame, halt |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kol-d- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kel- | to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet |
via German Kosten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kosten | costs |
| 2 | Italian | costo | cost; expense; usury |
| 3 | Polish | koszt | cost |
| 4 | Hungarian | kösz | thanks |
| 5 | Hungarian | köszönöm | first-person singular indicative present definite... |
| 6 | Hungarian | -öm | Used to form the first-person singular present... |
| 7 | Hungarian | -ö- | linking vowel |
| 8 | Hungarian | -d | your; Used in the second-person singular definite... |
| 9 | Middle Welsh | -nt | 3rd person plural verb ending |